Bought two cases and in the first use I have 4 out of the first twelve opened failing to carbonate. Since sugar was added to bottling bucket, I know all the beer had the same chance. I have used a variety of EZ cap products, including one liter cobalt and 32 oz clear, and never had new products seal so poorly. Heck, even with my recycled Grolsch- on I don't even know how many reuses- I maybe lose one beer out of 48 to needing a new gasket. Would not buy again as they feel quite tight when closing but are just not sealing.

I bottled my beer with these bottles about 3 weeks ago for conditioning. They worked great, held the pressure with no leaks. The bottles and flip caps all appear to be good quality. I will say they are a little expensive. As I recall, the bottle cost about $3 a piece. I guess if you amortize these over the number of batches I'll bottle in the coming years, it's not bad, but in the future, I plan to use regular bottles with crimped caps to reduce costs.

"Soda Lime Silica glass. The batch materials are about 50% cullet (recycled glass), though this can vary depending on available cullet amount. The other half is raw materials, and is broken down like such:Silica: 65% of BatchSoda Ash: 22% of BatchLimestone: 13% of Batch

Every manufacturer uses the same basic materials, they may vary a small percent in their exact mix, but it will essentially be that proportion"

"Soda Lime Silica glass. The batch materials are about 50% cullet (recycled glass), though this can vary depending on available cullet amount. The other half is raw materials, and is broken down like such:Silica: 65% of BatchSoda Ash: 22% of BatchLimestone: 13% of Batch

Every manufacturer uses the same basic materials, they may vary a small percent in their exact mix, but it will essentially be that proportion"

How tall are these bottles? Are they the same height as a standard beer bottle? Also, do the swing caps come attached to the bottles or do you have to attach them yourself?

A shopper
on Apr 10, 2018

BEST ANSWER:If you are into cobalt glass, you will love these bottles. They are the same size as a standard beer bottle, slightly shorter than a long neck bottle. The swing caps need to be attached but it is not a problem. They pretty much snap right on. After you do one, you can do the rest of the case in less than 5 minutes.

BEST ANSWER:If you are into cobalt glass, you will love these bottles. They are the same size as a standard beer bottle, slightly shorter than a long neck bottle. The swing caps need to be attached but it is not a problem. They pretty much snap right on. After you do one, you can do the rest of the case in less than 5 minutes.

The bottles are the same height as a standard bottle, until you add the swing cap. Once the swing cap is in place, it is about 3/8" taller. The caps have to be attached yourself. The lip does seem sufficient to try a regular bottle cap, but we've never tried that.

The bottles are 9 3/8" with the cap on, pretty close to standard. I'm pretty sure they came with the caps attached but it's been a few years so don't quote me on that. Either way, the caps are easy to remove and re-attach. These are very nice bottles.

The bottles are about the same height as a standard 12 oz bottle. You do have to add the height of the cap , which is roughly 1/2 inch, and yes you do have to snap the metal cap holder into place, but it's not as hard as it looks.